SESSION DISCOGRAPHY * ALBUMS DISCOGRAPHY * SINGLES DISCOGRAPHY

Country and crossover since 1920s and my favorite artists of all genres too...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Ken Marvin

 Ken Lonzo Marvin, *27-06-1924 Haleyville AL, +16-10-1991

by Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Henk Scholts, Thieu Van De Vorst, also with help http://wcgs.ala.nu/lao-session.htm
SESSIONS see also Lonzo and Oscar
18 August 1949 [no.1429] Nashville, TN – Lloyd George aka Ken Marvin
001 4818 WHY DON’T YOU HAUL OFF AND LOVE ME Capitol 57-40234/HBR 20 JASMCD 3783 PROPERBOX 75
002 4819 SHE IS JUST MY KIND F40273/HBR 20
003 4820 AFRAID 57-40234/HBR 20
004 4829 I’M IN LOVE UP TO MY EARS F40273/HBR 20 JASMCD 3783
PROPER PROPERBOX 75 SWINGING HOLLYWOOD COWBOYS (UK, 2004, 4CDs)
October 1950 poss. Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Ken Marvin
005 YW-7074 WELL, OH WELL Mercury 6295-x45
006 YW-7075 I LOVE YOU A THOUSAND WAYS 6295-x45
February 1951 poss. Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Ken Marvin
007 YW-7100 YOU CAN’T PICK ALL THE ROSES 6316-x45
008 YW-7101 THE THINGS I DO TO YOU unissued
009 YW-7102 TOM CATTIN’ AROUND 6316-x45/HBR 20 JASMCD 3562-3  JASMCD 3783
JASMINE JASMCD 3562/3563 HILLIBLLY BOP VOL.2 1951/1953 (UK, 2005, 2CDs)
July 1951 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Ken Marvin and The Harmonettes
010 YW-7270 ROTATION BLUES 6353-x45/HBR 20 JASMCD 3783 BACM CD D 187
011 YW-7271 MORE PRETTY GIRLS 6366-x45
012 YW-7272 I’M WAITING JUST FOR YOU 6353-x45/HBR 20
013 YW-7273 HALF AS MUCH 6366-x45
BACM CD D 187 MERCURY LABEL (UK, 2007)
December 1951 poss. Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Ken Marvin
014 YW-7307 MISSING IN ACTION 6373-x45/HBR 20
015 YW-7308 (A HEARTSICK SOLDIER ON) HEARTBREAK RIDGE 6373-x45/HBR 20
016 YW-7309 LET’S TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME 6382-x45/HBR 20
017 YW-7310 PORT OF LONELY HEARTS 6382-x45/HBR 20 JASMCD 3783
March 1952 poss. Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Ken Marvin
018 YW-7349 I’D LIKE TO 6419-x45/HBR 20
019 YW-7350 I’VE GOT MY LOVE 6391-x45/HBR 20
020 YW-7351 THE LIFE THAT YOU’VE LED 6419-x45/HBR 20
021 YW-7352 I’M LOSING AGAIN 6391-x45/HBR 20
8 May 1952 [14:30-17:30] Fox Theatre Building, 660 Peach Tree St., Atlanta, GA – Lloyd George aka Ken Marvin (Chet Atkins [gt], Eddie Hill [gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Charles Grean [bass], Tommy Jackson [fiddle], D. Murdock [piano]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
022 E2-VB-6209 WHEN I STOP LOVING YOU 47-4829
023 E2-VB-6210 HOW MUCH CAN A HEART ACHE 47-5002/HBR 20
024 E2-VB-6211 THE HONKY TONK MELODY 47-4829
025 E2-VB-6212 I DON'T CARE IF YOU GO A LITTLE FURTHER 47-5002/HBR 20
21 October 1952 [14:00-17:30] Brown Radio Productions, 240 1/2 4th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Lloyd George aka Ken Marvin (Floyd Robinson [gt], Don Helms [steel], Floyd Chance [bass], Donald Flayman [fiddle]. Produced: Stephen Sholes)
026 E2-VB-7667 HOW ABOUT A DATE 47-5261/HBR 20 JASMCD 3562-3
027 E2-VB-7668 UH-HUH HONEY 47-5141/HBR 20 WLP 2802 JASMCD 3640-1 ET-CD CH 101 CLCD 4505 BCD 17370
028 E2-VB-7669 FORBIDDEN LOVE 47-5141
029 E2-VB-7670 NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO FALL IN LOVE 47-5261/HBR 20
COLLECTOR WLP 2802 BOPPIN‘ HILLBILLY, VOL. 2 (NED, 1988); COLLECTOR CDCD 4505 HOT STEAMY LOVERS, VOL. 2 (NED, 2007); EL TORO ETCD CH 101 COLLECTOR’S CHOICE VOL. 1/TEXAS FEVER (ESP, 2009); JASMINE JASMCD 3640/3641 HILLBILLY BOP VOL.6 1960/1961 (UK, 2014, 2CDS); BEAR FAMILY BCD 17370 AT THE LOUISIANA HAYRIDE TONIGHT (GER, 2017, 20CDs)
21 May 1953 [19:15-23:15] Thomas Productions, 109 13th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Lloyd George aka Ken Marvin (Chet Atkins [gt], Velma Smith [gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Ernie Newton [bass], Walter Lenk [fiddle], Marvin Hughes [piano]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
030 E3-VB-0660 DON'T YOU CARE 47-5339/HBR 20
031 E3-VB-0661 MY EMPTY ARMS 47-5339/LPM-3192 [VA] HBR 20
032 E3-VB-0662 I NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD BEFORE 47-5448
033 E3-VB-0663 ONE BY ONE 47-5448
30 September 1953 [14:15-16:45] Thomas Productions, 109 13th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Lloyd George aka Ken Marvin (Ray Edenton [gt], Chet Atkins [gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Lightnin Chance [bass], Tommy Jackson [fiddle],. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
034 E3-VB-2273 THE RIGHT KIND OF LOVE (BUT THE WRONG KIND OF HEART) 47-5540/HBR 20
035 E3-VB-2274 I’M GONNA DO NOTHIN’ (TILL I CAN DO SOMETHING WITH YOU) 47-5540/HBR 20
036 E3-VB-2275 BRIDGE OF LOVE 47-5678
037 E3-VB-2276 DON’T YOU KNOW, CAN’T YOU SEE, HAVEN’T YOU HEARD 47-5678
ca 1956 poss. Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Lloyd George aka Ken Marvin
038 YOU SPURNED A LOVE unissued
039 LITTLE RED WAGON unissued
1959 Nashville, TN – Lloyd George aka Ken Marvin
040 SO 634 WHEN I STOP LOVING YOU Intro EP-45001/HBR 20
041 SO 634 YOU’RE SO GOOD TO ME EP-45001/HBR 20
042 SO 635 TWO TONE TEN TON EP-45001/HBR 20 JASMCD 3640-41 ET-CD CH 101 CLCD 4511
043 SO 635 UH HUH HONEY EP-45001/HBR 20
COLLECTOR CLCD 4511 HOT STEAMY LOVER, VOL. 3 (NED, 2007)
1960 Nashville, TN – Lloyd George aka Ken Marvin
044 SO 894 WILL THE ANGELS LET ME PLAY 45002
045 SO 895/PC 9791 UNCLE JOHN 45002 Briar 45-118
1961 unknown – Lloyd George aka Ken Marvin
046 PC-9792/PC-9801 LETTER FROM HOME, Briar 45-118
1961 unknown – Lloyd George aka Ken Marvin
047 PC-9824 LETTER FROM HOME, part I Todd 45-1071
048 PC.9825 LETTER FROM HOME, part II Todd 45-1071
18 March 1962 unknown – Lloyd George
049 IM 3392 LUCY LEE Imeperial X5837/ JASMCD 3783
050 IM 3393 SING REAL LOUD X5837/ JASMCD 3783
17 October 1962 unknown - Lloyd George
051 IM 5325 HOLD ME CLOSE unissued
052 IM 5326 COME ON, TRAIN 5896 Post 10006/ JASMCD 3783
053 IM 5327 FROG HUNT 5896 Post 10006/ JASMCD 3783
054 IM 5328 FOREVER MORE unissued
 

ALBUMS
Hillbilly Researcher [UK] HBR 20 Ken Marvin - Uh Uh Honey
: Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me;- She's Just My Kind; Afraid; I'm In Love Up To My Ears; Tomcattin' Around; Rotation Blues; I'm Waitin' Just For You; (A Heartsick Soldier On) Heartbreak Ridge; Missing In Action; (Let's Take) The Long Way Home; Port Of Lonely Hearts; I'd Like To; I've Got My Love; The Life That You've Led; I'm Losing Again How Much Can A Heart Ache; I Don't Care If You Go A Little Further; How About A Date; Uh Uh Honey #1; Now Is The Time For Us To Fall In Love; Don't You Care; My Empty Arms; The Right Kind Of Love (But The Wrong Kind Of Heart); I Ain't Gonna Do Nothin' (Till I Can Do Something With You); Don't You Know, Can't You See, Haven't You Heard; When I Stop Loving You; You're So Good To Me; Two Ton Ten Ton; Uh Uh Honey #2 – 00
Jasmine [UK] JASMCD3783 Lloyd George/Ken Marvin/Lonzo And Oscar : I’m My Own Grandpa And Other Country Classics 1947/1962: Take Them Cold Feet Out My Back (Before I Kick You Out); Ole Buttermilk Sky; When You Were Sweet Sixteen; Popping Bubble Gum; You Blacked My Blue Eyes Once Too Often; I'm My Own Grandpa; There's A Hole In The Bottom Of The Sea; You Won't Do It No More; Last Ole Dollar;  Ole Mother Nature;  She's The Best I Ever Saw;  Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me**;  I'm In Love Up To My Eyes**;  Pretty Little Indian Maid; Tickle The Tom Cat's Tail; Who Pulled The Plug From The Jug; Sheepskin Corn; Tom Cattin' Around**;  Rotation Blues**; Port Of Lonely Hearts**; The Honky Tonk Melody; I Don't Care If You Go A Little Further; How A Bout A Date; Oh-Huh-Honey;  My Empty Arms;  When I Stop Loving You;  Two Tone Ten Ton;  Uh-Uh-Honey;  Lucy Lee*;  Sing Real Loud*;  Come On Train*; Frog Hunt* – 10-01-22 Lonzo And Oscar; Lloyd George*; Ken Marvin**

EPs
Intro (1959)
EP-45001 Two Tone Ten Ton;  Uh Uh Honey / When I Stop Loving You;  You're So Good To Me – 10-59


SINGLES
Capitol (1949)
57-40234 Afraid / Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me – 10-49 (rev. Oct. 22)
F40273 I'm In Love Up To My Ears / She Is Just My Kind – 01-50 (rev. Jan. 28)
Mercury (1950-52)
6295-X45 Well, Oh Well / I Love You A Thousand Ways – 12-50
6316-X45 Tom Cattin' Around / You Can't Pick All The Roses – ca.15-03-51 (rev. Apr. 28)
6353-X45 Rotation Blues / I'm Waiting Just For You – 08-51 (rev. Aug. 11)
6366-X45 More Pretty girls / Half As Much – 11-51 (rev. Dec. 15)
6373-X45 Missin In Action / (A Heartsick Soldier On) Heartbreak Ridge – ca. 02-52
6382-X45 Let's Take The Long Way Home / Port Of Lonely Hearts –  02-52 (rev. Feb. 9)
6391-X45 I've Got My Love / I'm Losing Again –  04-52 (rev. May 3)
6419-X45 I'd Like To / The Life That You've Led – 09-52 (rev. Oct. 4)
RCA Victor (1952-53)
47-4826 The Honky Tonk Melody / When I Stop Loving you – 06-52 (rev. June 12)
47-5002 How Much Can A Heart Ache / I Don't Care If You Go A Little Further – 10-52 (rev. Nov. 1)
47-5141 Uh-Huh Honey / Forbidden Love – 01-53
47-5261 How About A Date / Now Is The Time For Us To Fall In Love – 04-53 (rev. May 16)
47-5339 Don't You Care / My Empty Arms – 06-53 (rev. June 13)
47-5448 One By One / I Never Had It So Good Before – 09-53 (rev. Oct. 3)
47-5540 Right Kind Of Love / I Ain't Gonna Do Nothin' – 12-53 (rev. Dec. 5)
47-5678 Bridge Of Love / Don't You Know, Can't You See – 03-54
Intro (1959)
45002 Uncle John / Will the Angels Let Me Play – 09-60 (rev. Sept. 5)
Briar (1961)
45-118 Letter From Home / Uncle John – 10-61 (rev. Oct. 30)
Toddr (1961)
45-1071 Letter From Home pt,1 / Letter From Home pt. 2 – ca. 61
Imperial (1962) Lloyd George
5837 Lucy Lee / Sing Real Loud
5896 Come on, Train / Frog Hunt (Also released on Post 10006)
 

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Michel Ruppli, not only for his books which I use daily, but also for a large amount of rare and unpublished data from his giant archive.
Thanks to all my friends - country music fans - in Czech Republic - Vladimir Pikora, Michal Gololobov, Milos Holecek, Tony Foglar, Rene Pavlik and Petr Vitous.
Thanks to Mario Manciotti for sending session details daily
Thanks to Kurt Rokitta for a lot of session info
Thanks to Bill Daniels for sharing a lot of labels info
Thanks to Lillies Ohlsson for many western swing contributions.
Thanks to Dick Grant for many artists files
Thanks to Thieu Van De Vorst for a lot of additions and corrections
Thanks to Goran Adolph for many rare albums info
Thanks to Hans Sandberg for many rare session data
Thanks to Chris Huskey for many sessions info.
Thanks to Kittra Moore for musicians and recording data
Thanks to Dik de Heer for many additions on rockabilly.
Thanks to Luiz Roberto Costa for helping me with the western genre.
Thanks to Wolf Ruediger Sommer, who not only sent me additional data, but is also watch-dog, correcting my typos and other errors.
Thanks to Robert Platt for priceless info on Canadian (but not only) artists.
Thanks to Phil Watson for hard work on Crown Prince of country music discography. Thanks to Walter Gabriel for filling the gaps in track listings of rare albums and various artists compilations.
Thanks to Kent Heineman for many independent recordings info
Thanks to Ken Nelson for bluegrass and more additions.
Thanks to Tony Middleton for RCA session info.
Thanks to Xavier Maire for interesting additions and for info on his website www.bopping.org.
Thanks to Henk Scholts for long time cooperation.
Thanks to Richard Price for miscellaneous session information
Thanks to Carl G. Cederblad for additions to sessionographies
Thanks to Paul Urbahns, Marc Alesina, Bill Millet, Bengt Wahlström, John Morris, Dominique Anglares, Pierre Monnery, Jeremy Roberts, Ben Collins, Alex Frazer-Harrison, K.F.Raizor, Ed Tabor, Mario Wildner, Ole Skjoldhøj, Eileen Sisk, Per Kammersgaard, David Bussey, Bill Marks for rare info on their favorite artists.
Thanks to Reginald Bartlette for info and additions of Columbia custom numbers.
Thanks to Katarina Fromm for various singles info.
Thanks to many others who sent some info - all are important.
Thanks to Richard Weize for his idea to produce projects, which have small commercial potential, but huge value for collectors - I spend a lot of money buying boxes and CDs, sometimes mainly because of the accompanying discographies.
Thanks also to Patrick Milligan, who created many discographies for Bear Family projects
Thanks to Marek Bozickovic for picture in head
And last but not least I would like to thank all who visit this blog - they come from more than 100 countries.